Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1887-03-18
A. OTHERS SEE Us.

An esteemed and intelligent
subscriber, himself among the
leading aud most successful plan
tiers Of YazOo county writes 10 Us
aud asks: "Do you not think
yon have been very remiss In
your dulles as a journalist 10 moi
correcting The errors OF the editor
of the Ida County Pioneer 7"
TIE letter is such a good one that
though not intended for publica.
ton we give II entire elsewhere.
Our object IN Publishing The
letter referred 10 WAS by no means
TO endorse the views Of ,be writer,
but simply TO show the opinion Of
a WenteTn man on onr country
and people. Mr.. Williams, the
writer, came In on The train in the
morning aud left in The evening,
most Of bis time was spent 10 ex.
Blonng the swamp or land that
was yet virgin soil. He did not
visit any Of the well titled planla.
lions Of Yszoo equity and deepen.
ded entirely on what hp saw. We
gave him The issue OF the HERALD
containing general description
Of Yazoo county aud such infor.
nation AZ We could convey In the
shnrl time spent by us in his CONF
paDy.
We deemed IL unnecessary TO
make comments upon the letter as
the people amongst whom the
HERALD circnlates kh0w all about
YazoO county ard scarcely a week
passes in which the HERALD does
not have more or less 10 say on
the subject. A very general lgno
rance seems 10 prevail with re-
gard TO the Yazoo Valley. The
impression seems TO be, amongst
those even who have lived near
il. that II was an immense swamp,
never titled. until the recent con.
stiuciiOn OF our excellent levees
had opened 1t up for agricultural
purposes. Few seem to uDder-
stand that tue levees we're bull to
protect the finest farming land in
the world aud not for the purpose
of opening up swamp lands. Az
to the methods Of filling The soil,
some OF our Valley planters have
used successfully the best ImprOv.
ed agricultural implements, but
there can be- no question that such
il the exception and not the rule.
With the labor we have, We have
known the experiment tried, 10
result in failure.
Amongst planters whose sue.
cess might compare favorablJ |
with farmers anywhere we might
note many in the Valley. They |
never fail 10 make a splendid crop
Whenever the season is favorable,
keep their places in good condition
and manage we'll. But we do not
utilize our soil as we shonld. va.
DO county should produce every
I$uss ANA horsdg ns~aasa ~ thA
county. every earof corn or guam.
tity Of meal. We have some fine
hogs aud fine cattle. We should
never have occasion to send off
for any meat. Our country is the
most favored by nature of any on
the globe foI Agricultural pnrpo.
SEES. We have the climal,, he
soil, the timber, the rainfall,
everything in fact. That various
causes have conspired to prevent
our people from being as prosper
Gus as they might be, all will ad
init. Many have acquired fortune
but many Others have failed to do
so. We have lacked the capital,
the labor to accomplish all that
should be accomplished, when we
get both We will be better of.
Men from the North and West as
we'll as Foreigners settling
amongst us, have heretofore mark.
ID out no new paths. They have
.aken up cotton just as our people
lad taken IL up some have made
money, as have some 10 the man.
Ter born. The large planters will
to plant cotton principal.
y but we woul Id like 10 see our
mall farmers turning their atIeu
ion TO other things aud making
,atton y surplus crop.